While never a parent, I am the world's uncle..... ...and happily feel I've made a few positive differences More…in a few lives... ...tho' none with the intensity of being responsible for any from birth up...

One highlight was a 'Viking party' at Kathy Hurst's (sophomore year?)! We fought with 'quarterstaves' we'd made, wore ridiculous costumes, and the party also featured a hot cherry pepper eating contest...

And back at Wahlquist, I want to give big props to Coach Cottle who really helped me believe in myself. And Mr. Stallings who taught state capitals by turning the learning into a verbal "baseball" game.

Most "colorful" teacher: Mr. Carver (biology).

Also memorable (because he had a very "unique" approach to teaching, and because we all gave him a hard time which he smiled through, leaving me a little guilty about our behavior): Mr. Ashcraft (Plane Geometry)

My family lived and worked on my Grandpa's sheep ranch during the summers when I was small. It was near Hardware ranch. And this canvas-covered sheepherder's wagon with a wood-burning stove is what we lived in. Think about half-way between a Conestoga Wagon and an Airstream camper and you've got it.

The pan hanging on the outside served as our kitchen sink (and bathtub!). Our only light was a kerosene lantern, we had a radio which took batteries as heavy as a laptop computer which lasted for a few hours, so just used a few minutes a day at most. Our water came from a fresh-flowing spring (surrounded by fresh watercress!).

And the bathroom was a fruit crate with a cutout to sit on over a hand-dug pit that we would fill over and move to a new pit every day or so!

Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Sis (Karen), cat, Dad's restored bike and moi....

Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Chillin' in the Wahlquist hood with my homies...

Posted: Dec 16, 2013 at 11:23 PM

I gave up playing the violin to be in this picture (had to choose either Athletics or Orchestra).

Do you have any idea how often I play tackle football these days? And how often I wish I really knew how to play my violin??

Jim Maynard Keller

This is a video of me doing one of my performance poems "Exceedingly Fine" in 2010.

(See hobbies and interests for more details. I've been doing this since 2004)

Posted: Oct 26, 2016 at 6:38 PM

Jim Maynard Keller

This is a clip from the Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV show that gave a classmate the inspiration to start calling me "Maynard" - for Maynard G. Krebs, a beatnik character played by Bob Denver of later Gilligan's Island fame.

Hated it at first, but in the sense of someone who was gonna take that other road diverging "in the yellow wood," turned out it was more on target than he coulda' realized...

Posted: Oct 26, 2016 at 6:43 PM

Jim Maynard Keller

This is a music video I was in in 2010 for a friend's song... ..."Do cause ya do" by Mito.... ...great fun!